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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWell. we can hope the Grand Jury itself will release a report.
I'd like to hear what they have to say.
edit to add:
159. Reports of Special Grand Juries
At the conclusion of its service, a special grand jury is authorized under 18 U.S.C. § 3333, by a majority vote of its members, to submit to the district court, potentially for public release, a grand jury report, which must concern either: (1) noncriminal misconduct, malfeasance, or misfeasance in office involving organized crime activity by an appointed public officer or employee, as the basis for a recommendation for removal or disciplinary action; or (2) organized crime conditions in the district, without however being critical of any identified person. ("Public officer or employee" is defined broadly in 18 U.S.C. § 3333(f) to include Federal, State and local officials.)
Upon receiving a report from a special grand jury, the district court must examine it, together with the minutes of the special grand jury, and accept it, for eventual filing as a public record, if the report is: (1) one of the two types authorized by 18 U.S.C. § 3333(a); (2) based upon facts discovered in the course of an authorized criminal investigation; (3) supported by a preponderance of the evidence; and (4) if each public officer or employee named in the report was afforded a reasonable opportunity to testify and present witnesses on his/her own behalf before the special grand jury, prior to its filing the report. (It would seem that 18 U.S.C. § 3333(a) necessitates a recording of the proceedings if a special grand jury may issue a grand jury report.)
more at link and also I'm no lawyer.
https://www.justice.gov/jm/criminal-resource-manual-159-reports-special-grand-juries
LincolnRossiter
(560 posts)They're secret by design.
FBaggins
(26,756 posts)GreatCaesarsGhost
(8,585 posts)FBaggins
(26,756 posts)That speculation was based on thoughts that Trump would fire Mueller and it was a way that his work would still get out.
Any such report would never get past the judge when the special prosecutor actually made a report.
Fiendish Thingy
(15,650 posts)As was done in the case of the Watergate "roadmap".
It's good that Meuller finished now; the Grand Jury is seated until June, and if they either release a report or send all their evidence to Congress, it could be a long, hot summer for the Trump crime family.